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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Dialogue, Aid, Geo-political Mobilisation or Aesthetics? -- i) Immutable Dialogical Differences? -- ii) Similarities and Differences -- iii) Closer Dialectical Affinities: A Shared Geopolitics -- iv) Aesthetics or Practicalities? -- Chapter 2 -- Nationalism, Globalisation, Migration and Tourism -- i) Nationalism and Globalisation -- ii) International Migration -- iii) Tourism: Voluntary Migration for Recreation -- Chapter 3 -- International Development and Governance -- i) Neo-Imperialism -- ii) Neo-Liberalism -- iii) Public and Private Partnerships -- Partnership Performance -- Factors for Success -- Limitations -- Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) -- Chapter 4 -- Natural Disaster, and Human Capital -- i) Building and Infrastructure -- ii) Social Networks -- iii) Psychological Effects -- iv) Communication -- v) Building Resilience in Recovery -- Chapter 5 -- Preparedness and Resilience: Crisis Communication -- i) What Is Crisis Management? -- ii) Types of Crises -- iii) Theories of Crisis Management -- iv) Risk Management, Resilience and Decision-Making -- v) Crisis Communication Responses - Media -- vi) Crisis Communication Responses - Person-Centred -- vii) Strategic Repair Strategies -- viii) Post-Crisis Phase -- Chapter 6 -- Sustainability and Climate Change -- i) Current Macro-Issues in International Development -- ii) Environmental Degradation and Social Inequality -- iii) Indigenous Models -- iv) Eco-psychology -- v) Business and Sustainability -- vi) Education for Sustainability -- vii) Achieving Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 7 -- Education, Health and Safety -- i) Fairness -- ii) Education and Professional Development -- iii) Counteracting Bullying, Harassment and Teasing -- iv) Negotiation -- The Negotiation Framework -- Interpersonal Skills

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Civilization and Savagery -- Part I: The Desert -- A 'Perpetual Sunrise': The Alexandrian Library -- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon -- 'Let Rome in Tiber melt': Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra -- 'Then, oh! Unbar This Churlish Gate': The Crusades -- 'And Wrote My Will across the Sky in Stars': T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom -- ' . . . a Talking Bird, a Singing Tree, and Some Golden Water . . .': The Arabian Nights -- Part 2: The Sea -- 'Every Life was a Spark': Derek Walcott's Omeros -- 'Our Faithful Guide through All the Vicissitudes of Climates': Polynesian Navigation -- 'A Brutal Innocence': Gauguin and Primitivism -- Part III: The Land -- 'Meet Heaven and Earth, and Here let All Things end!': Christopher Marlowe's Tamburlaine -- 'A Dream within a Dream': Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children and the Satanic Verses -- The 'History House': Arundhati Roy, the God of Small Things -- A 'Tear on the Cheek of Time': The Taj Mahal at Agra -- The Citadel -- References -- Index -- Blank Page

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